Names Flashcards
What is Homeostasis?
The balance of materials and energy used to keep an individual alive maintained through cells
What is Anatomy?
The study if the structure of the relationship between body parts
What it is
What is physiology?
The science of how the parts come together to function and keep the body parts alive
What is does
Anatomical position
Standing face on palms out. Neutral
Sagital / median plane
Vertically in the middle of the body
Parasagittal
Vertically off to one side
Coronal / frontal
Vertically front and back
Transverse / horizontal plane
Top and bottom
Axial parts
Head and trunk of body
Appendicular parts
Arms and legs
Anterior / ventral
Front of the body
Posterior / dorsal
Back of the body
Superior or cranial
Towards the top
Inferior or caudial
Towards the bottom
Medial
Towards the middle
